Consumers planning to buy recreational equipment tend to buy higher quality,
more expensive equipment when the economy is strong than when it is
weak. Hill and Dale is a business that sells high-quality, expensive camping
and hiking equipment in Boravia. Although all the signs are that Boravia’s
economy is now entering a period of sustained strength, the managers
of the business do not expect a substantial increase in sales.
Which of the following, if true, would provide the strongest
justification for the managers’ judgment?
A. A significant proportion of Hill and Dale’s sales are made to
customers who enter the store in order to buy one particular
item but, once there, find other items to buy as well.
B. In Boravia when the economy is strong, those who might
otherwise go camping tend to take vacations overseas.
C. The economic upturn is likely to allow Boravia’s nati-
onal parks, where most of the camping and hiking is
done, to receive extra funding to improve their visitor facilities.
D. Advances in materials technology have led to the
development of hiking and camping equipment that
is more comfortable and lightweight than before.
E. Many people in Boravia not only are committed to
preserving the country’s wilderness areas but also
are interested in spending some time in them.
WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
C or D
OTZ, OTZ......
首先 我们看题干：
Although all the signs are that Boravia’s
economy is now entering a period of sustained strength 说的是经济进入持续发展/增强阶段
C The economic upturn is likely to ..... 这里是经济的好转，就是由差到强。这样的情况和题中所说有出入
再来，C 说因为经济好了，公园有钱可以improve visitor facilities. 这里有个背景我想大家应该也知道，camping and hiking 在国外是相当普遍，大家在参加这样的活动时候都是自己准备装备：帐篷，小瓦斯炉，登山手杖，折叠桌椅等。这些东东就是题目说的那个公司卖的东西。公园有钱，改善的是公园的硬件设施，比如座椅拉，索道拉，不会出钱给大家提供hiking and camping equipments. C 是用来迷惑非北美考生的，欺负大家没有这个常识！
B 说经济好了，原本在国内进行户外运动的人都出国玩了，自然这些登山用品的销售就会受影响, 正好解释了题目。
I would like to choose B too.
strong economic-->increase of # of customers who buy equipment--> increase in sales (what I thought when I read this problem)
However, manager's conclusion is on the opposite (no substantial increase). Why? some other reason that cut the logic that strong economic--> increase of # of customers who buy equipment.
B is talking about no increases of # of customers.
Concerning C: facilities not include camping & hiking equipment.
可不可以这样理解，即便improve visitor facilities include hiking and camping equipments.也是属于在国内购买
Visitor Facilities 和 camping equipments 完全是两码事。
Visitor Facilities 包括公共厕所什么的。
Camping Equipment 是帐篷手电什么的。
完全同意 sweetjenny 的意见，应该选B
其实很疑惑的是B说很多人出国玩，登山用品的销售就会受影响，这里面显然有个假设——出国玩就不需要登山用品了，也就是出国玩的人不参加任何野营活动，他们只在国外参与这些活动。
难道说这个假设是常识么。。。搞不懂。。。
我觉得做GMAT逻辑题目有个很重要的问题就是自己不要往下推，看哪个和原文最相关。
原文说的是经济上升了，但是卖登山用品的人觉得他们利润不会上升为什么？
B说当经济好的时候那些本来去登山的现在都去国外度假了。说的很清楚了本来去登山的现在去国外度假了。到底度假登山不登山和我们无关。因为不是must be ture的。
C说的是当经济好转，会使得那些提供登山的公园，得到资金增加他们的设备。很明显这个选项没有B好！ 因为他需要加很多我们的假设：比如有资金了就可以造什么设备然后使得我们不用登山设备了！。。。反正要推得结论需要很多的假设，这就没有B好了。
所以B和C比起来B比较好！
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